531 Plymouth Rd., Suite 500, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
610-254-9001
www.caringfriendshomecare.org
Services: They have a full range of services provided by home health aides, social work assistants who provide concierge services, crisis intervention, and care managers to supervise services, if necessary. Assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, grocery shopping, transportation, and light housekeeping. Provide information over the phone, and home visits as needed to make arrangements and create plan of care.
Insured: Yes
Licensed: Yes
Criminal background checks: Yes
Notes: Intervention Associates and Caring Friends Home Care are subsidiaries of Friends Life Care System, a Quaker organization. Website has much useful information – the blog includes articles on glaucoma, COPD, hospice, caregiving, etc.
Griswold Special Care
800 Bethlehem Pike, Erdenheim, PA 19038
215-261-7185
www.griswoldhomecare.com
Services: The nation's oldest home care service; Griswold operates in 30 states. They refer Caregivers who provide in-home care services including personal care, homemaking, companionship, and other home care services at a 4 hour minimum.
Insured: Yes
Licensed: Yes
Helene Feldman, Inc. Elder Care Management
246 Dupont St, Philadelphia, PA 19128
215-888-0834
www.feldmancare.com; helene@feldmancare.com
Services: Assistance managing medical/social issues; Can sit in on doctor appointments, help obtain clear explanations on why medications are being prescribed, find services for the home (home care, hospice, bill pay) – see website for comprehensive list of services
Certified: Yes (Member of Aging Lifecare Association for 13 years)
Insured: Yes
In business since: 2000
Rates: Hourly rate, but charges in 1/10ths of an hour (same model as a lawyer)
Discount for EFV: Ask; something may be arranged dependent on individual situation
Intervention Associates
531 Plymouth Rd., Suite 500, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
610-254-9001
www.interventionassociates.org
Services: Professional care management (licensed social workers), guardianship services, care plans, health advocacy, and bill paying services.
Insured: Yes
Licensed: Yes
Criminal background checks: Yes
Rates: $120.00/hour – professional care management and guardianship services; $33.00/hour – bill paying services
Notes: Intervention Associates and Caring Friends Home Care are subsidiaries of Friends Life Care System, a Quaker organization.
Primary Home Care, LLC
8080 Old York Rd, Suite 204, Elkins Park, 19027
215-635-3151
Services: Offers a medical home visit program to the houses of those who are frail, chronically ill, or severely disabled and unable to travel due to medical problems. Visits are provided on a regular monthly schedule, along with sick call visits and 24 hour on-call service. Accepts referrals directly from hospitals, nursing homes, patients, nurses, physicians, case managers, therapists, social workers and family members. Offers complete medical exam; mental status evaluation; routine laboratory tests; in-home x-ray and EKG; ongoing medical follow-up as well as consultations of specialists; hospice and podiatry. All major insurances are accepted.
Licensed: Yes
Insured: Yes
Senior Helpers of NW Philadelphia
7600 Stenton Ave., Philadelphia, PA Suite 1J, Philadelphia, PA 19118
215-242-2221
Seniorhelpers.com
Services: They do house cleaning, laundry, walk animals, meal preparation, read, play games, correspondence, errands, etc. Personal care includes bathing & dressing, escort to appointments. They specialize in Alzheimer’s and dementia care. Minimum of 3 hours.
Insured: Yes
Licensed: Yes
Criminal background checks: Yes
Rates: $22/hour for housekeeping, companionship services, bathing, grocery shopping, etc. Provide transportation at rate of $.56 per mile + staff hourly rate ($22/hour) - min 3 hours. Saturdays and Sundays are $23/hour.
Note: Another service they offer is a “Peace of Mind” one-hour visit which can occur daily, if requested. Rates can be worked out on a case-by-case basis if a daily visit is needed.
Time Out
Ritter Annex, Room 437, 1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-6540
templeigc.org/time-out-respite-program
Services: Time Out is a program of the Intergenerational Center at Temple University that trains and matches students to serve as respite caregivers, allowing family caregivers a break. The students are undergraduates majoring in nursing, social work, psychology, occupational therapy, and pharmacy. Students act as companions and help with meal preparation, encourage their clients to walk and exercise, organize activities, and keep the elder safe in their home.
Insured: Yes
Criminal background checks: Yes
Rates: $25 annual registration fee and at least 8 hours/month with same student per semester. The home caregiver can complete an intake form online. The students receive $8 an hour from caregivers for their services. If students are eligible for Work Study grants, they are paid directly by the university.
UUH Outreach Program
22 W. Rittenhouse St., 1st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19144
215-843-5881
Uuhoutreach.org
Services: This FREE service for persons 60+ who live independently in NW Philadelphia. Neighborhood nurse and social worker make a home visit to identify needs and concerns. The nurse can review medications, demonstrate self-care, and help you work with your doctor. The social worker can provide information and referral to other services. Make client check-in calls periodically, usually quarterly.
Insured: Yes
Licensed: Yes
Notes: Begun in 1999 as part of Unitarian Universalist House (which closed in 2010). Private funding; no government regulations or red tape. Established the NW Home Visiting Professionals Network to stay up-to-date on local aging resources.